Bangladeshis eat least meat per capita on earth

[Riyad]

Revealed: The nation that eats the least meat per capita (and is the least touristy place on Earth)

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Bangladesh: crowded trains, not many tourists Credit: ALAMY

• Oliver Smith, Digital Travel Editor

14 May 2017 • 8:00am

To celebrate the start of National Vegetarian Week (May 12-21), we've mapped the world according to who eat the most (and the least) meat. The most vegetarian country in the world? That would be Bangladesh, where just four kilos of meat are consumed by a typical person in a typical year, according to 2009 figures (the latest comprehensive statistics we were able to obtain) from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Other fascinating facts about Bangladesh

• It's home to what might well be the cheapest hotel on Earth. Faridpur Hotel is made up of five boats on the banks of the Buriganga in the country’s capital, Dhaka, and a night’s stay starts at just 31p.
• For every tourist that visits Bangladesh in a typical year, there are 1,273 locals, making it the least touristy country in the world
• It is one of 58 countries that still has the death penalty
• There's an uninterrupted 75-mile beach on its coast, one of the longest in the world. The country joined the International Surfing Association in 2014.
• It is the second least obese country in the world, after Ethiopia (the lack of meat probably helps)
• It is the most populous country in the world never to have won an Olympic medal
• Only four countries are considered more at risk from natural disaster: Vanuatu, Tonga, Philippines and Guatemala.
• Its cities are among the most polluted on Earth
• With an average elevation of just 85 metres, it is one of the world's 10 lowest countries
• Dhaka, the country's capital, is the most densely populated city on the planet
• Despite the crowds, pollution and natural disasters, its people are among most contented on Earth, according to the Happy Planet Index

It is followed by India, Burundi and Sri Lanka, while the top 10 is completed by five African countries: Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Eritrea, Mozambique, Gambia and Malawi.

The 20 countries that eat the least meat

1. Bangladesh - 4kg of meat per person per year
2. India - 4.4kg
3. Burundi - 5.2kg
4. Sri Lanka - 6.3kg
5. Rwanda - 6.5kg
6. Sierra Leone - 7.3kg
7. Eritrea - 7.7kg
8. Mozambique - 7.8kg
9. Gambia - 8.1kg
10. Malawi - 8.3kg
11. Ethiopia - 8.5kg
12. Guinea - 8.6kg
13. Nigeria - 8.8kg
14. Tanzania - 9.6kg
15. Nepal - 9.9kg
16. Liberia - 10.4kg
17. Uganda - 11kg
18. Indonesia - 11.6kg
19. Togo - 11.7kg
20. Solomon Islands - 11.9kg

An average UK resident eats 84.2kg of meat each year, putting it 30th on the list, but it will come as no surprise to discover that the biggest guzzlers of animal flesh are our American cousins. A single US resident consumes, on average, 120.2 kilos - 30 times more than those from Bangladesh.

The biggest meat eaters? You'll never guess Credit: natashaphoto - Fotolia
The tiny Middle Eastern state of Kuwait, surprisingly perhaps, comes second, followed by Australia (no shock there, given all those barbies), The Bahamas and Luxembourg. New Zealand, Austria, French Polynesia, Bermuda and Argentina complete the top 10.

It is interesting to note that several of the most meat-hungry countries are also among the most obese. The US is 12th in that respect, Kuwait 9th, the Bahamas 10th, New Zealand 24th and Australia 26th. Those countries for which no data is available appear in grey on the map.

This man is probably not a vegetarian
The 20 countries that eat the most meat

1. USA - 120kg of meat per person per year
2. Kuwait - 119.2kg
3. Australia - 111.5kg
4. The Bahamas - 109.5kg
5. Luxembourg - 107.9kg
6. New Zealand - 106.4kg
7. Austria - 102kg
8. French Polynesia - 101.9kg
9. Bermuda - 101.7kg
10. Argentina - 98.3kg
11. Spain - 97kg
12. Israel - 96kg
13. Denmark - 95.2kg
14. Canada - 94.3kg
15. St Lucia - 93.6kg
16. Portugal - 93.4kg
17. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - 91.4kg
18. Netherlands Antilles - 91kg
19. Italy - 90.7kg
20. Slovenia - 88.3kg

Vegetarians should take some solace from the fact that meat consumption is declining in half of the countries listed above. Between 2002 and 2009 the amount consumed by US residents fell from 124.8 kilos per person to 120.2, for example, in Luxembourg from 141.7 to 107.9, in New Zealand from 142.1 to 106.7 and in Denmark (previously the world's biggest consumers of meat) from 145.9kg to 95.2kg.

The countries where tourists outnumber locals
A total of 51 countries receive more annual tourists than their total number of residents, with the tiny principality of Andorra tops the charts (you'll need to zoom in to see it). It welcomed 2.36m tourists in 2014, but just 70,000 people call it home. That works out at 33.5 tourists per resident.

Bangladesh, on the other hand, is the least touristy nation on the planet. For every local there is just 0.000776 tourists.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/maps-and-graphics/world-according-to-meat-consumption/

 

[ashok321]

Hilsa mach eaters...

 

[TopCat]

Bangladesh has the lowest BMI on earth.

 

[ashok321]

Bangladesh has the lowest BMI on earth.

It is gender dependent.
Females and males have different BMI in each country.

BTW, BD does not have above classification cited by you.

 

[BDforever]

Duh because they are very poor people. I heard Bangladeshis bought only 5000 brand new cars last year.

daaaaaanggggggg !! ! I was one of them ! !

 

[hussain0216]

Does fish not count as meat?

Was Bangladeshi meat intake higher before you got do close to the Indians?

 

[Bilal9]

Does fish not count as meat?

Was Bangladeshi meat intake higher before you got do close to the Indians?

This report is unbelievable to me. Because it shows Indians per capita consuming more meat than Bangladeshis.

Indians are majority vegetarians or vegans......this is a BS report in my opinion.

Her credibility went out the window with that single statistic.

Bangladeshis are humongous meat eaters. But they are also voracious fish eaters as well.......

 

[Michael Corleone]

What really? I have seen bengalis eat so much cow meat my god this is hard to believe.
On other note... I am not surprised kuwait's people eat so much meat. I mean I am a prime example. But atleast I still am athletic while most Kuwaitis are overweight.

 

[takeiteasy]

The Bengalis are short and lean. That is a plus point being less obese.

 

[:::warrior:::]

I easily eat over 170kg a year

 

[Zibago]

Average Pakistanis eat 14 kg per year hmm

 

[:::warrior:::]

Average Pakistanis eat 14 kg per year hmm[/QUOTE
I'm sure the list is wrong 14 kg a year is lie

 

[Mage]

I thought I was gonna see Nilgiri posting even Gambia or Mozambique consumes more meat than Bangladesh.....then I saw they consume more meat than India as well.

Consuming less meat is not a bad thing tho. Sticking to veg and fish is much more healthier. But how can someone not eat this after seeing

Among meats I only like Beef tho. Chicken is meh, Mutton has a weird smell and pork is Haraam....

 

[Gibbs]

This report is unbelievable to me. Because it shows Indians per capita consuming more meat than Bangladeshis.

Indians are majority vegetarians or vegans......this is a BS report in my opinion.

Her credibility went out the window with that single statistic.

Bangladeshis are humongous meat eaters. But they are also voracious fish eaters as well.......

Your sea food consumption would adequately compensate the protein intake, I don't see any reason to be offended by these stats, They seem to be fair imo.. Meat consumption comes with geographical and cultural reasons as well

 

[xyxmt]

Just came back from a 2 week visit to Pakistan and I feel sick eating meat everywhere, when i requested a vegetarian dish to my mom the best they could offer was Loky and Ghosht. People there eat sickening amount of meat